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(No Model.)

A. E. HODGES! WASHING MACHINE.

No. 599,181. Patented Feb. 15, 1898.

WITNESSES /N VE N TOR I MW @fiwyw' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER ERWVIN HODGES, OF TECUMSEH, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent no. 599,181, dated February 15, 1898. Applioationfiled May 15, 1897.; Serial No, 636,681. (No model.)

To all whont it may concern;

Be it known that I, ALEX NDERERWIK HODGES, of Tecumseh, in the county .of Pot; tawatomie and'Territory of Oklahoma, have invented a new and Improved Washing-Machine, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the improvement is to provide a new and improved washing-machine, which is simple and durable in construction, easily manipulated, and arranged to insure a proper rubbing and washing of the clothes in a very short time.

The invention consists principally of a receptacle mounted to rock, a rubbing-cylinder within the said receptacle, a frame in which the cylinder is journaled, and an arm loosely connected with the said frame and,adapted to receive a swinging motion from the said receptacle to move the rubbing-cylinder in an opposite direction to the movement of the receptacle.

The invention also consists of certainparts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a sectionalside elevation of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

The improved washing-machine is mounted on a suitably-constructed main frame A,

in which are journaled the trunnions B, se cured to the sides of a semicircular receptacle C, free to swing in the frame A and provided on its inner surface with laterally-extending bars 0 to form a rubbing-board on the bottom of the receptacle. Within the receptacle 0 and operating in conjunction with the rubbing-board is a rubbing cylinder or roll D, jpurnaled at its ends in a frame E, formed on its sides with vertically-disposed guideways E, loosely engaged by the lower ends of arms F, extending upwardly in the receptacle through the fixed and loose cover parts 0 0 thereof and then bent downwardly on the out side of the receptacle to form the arms F, connected with each other below the receptacle by .a transverse rod F The arms F extend loosely through the keepers, carrying the trunnionsB,as shown in Fig. 3. On the rod F and near the ends thereof are secured the cords or ropes G' G", of which the rope G extends from the rod F to the left to then pass over a pulley H and then extend to the right along the under side of the receptacle 0 to connect at the right-hand side thereof with an eye I, attached to the receptacle. The other rope G extends from the rod F to the right, to then pass over a pulley H and to then eX- tend along the under side of the receptacle O to the left-hand side thereof to connect with an eye I. The pulleys H and H are journaled in suitable bearings in the frame A, it being understood that two sets of ropes and pulleys are preferably used, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3.

The receptacle 0 is provided with a suitable handle J for conveniently rocking the re* ceptacleduringthewashing operation. Locking devices K are arranged on the frame A and receptacle 0 to lock the latter in position while placing the clothes into the receptacle or removing the clothes therefrom.

Now it will be seen that when the clothes are in the receptacle and the latter is unlocked the operator by moving the handle J downward causes the receptacle 0 to swing in the direction of the arrow (1. The receptacle in doing so exerts by the ropes G a pull on the rod F to swing the latter in the inverse direction of the arrow a, so that the arms F move the frame E, and consequently the rubbing-cylinder D, in a like direction, the rubbing cylinder being free, however, to move up and down with its frame E, owing to the loose connection of the frame with the arms-F. When the receptacle 0 is swung in the opposite direction, then the rod G pulls on the rod F to swing the arms F F to the right, so as to again move the frame E and the rubbing-cylinder D in the inverse direction of the movement of the receptacle 0.

Now it will be seen that by the arrangement described a proper rubbing of the clothes in the receptacle 0 takes place without danger of tearing the clothes, as the rubbing-cylinder D is free to revolve in its frame. and is free to move up and down in the receptacle, owing the cylinder is journaled, guideways in the said frame, arms loosely engaging the said guldeways, and means substantially as described, for imparting a swinging motion to 1 the said arms in an opposite direction to the swinging motion of the receptacle, the said means comprising two sets of ropes and pulleys, which ropes are connected with a bar attached to the said arms and pass over the pulleys to then fasten to opposite sides of the receptacle, substantially as shown and described.

, 2. The combination with a support, of an oscillatory receptacle mounted thereon, a roll mounted within the receptacle, an arm movably mounted on the receptacle and having connection with the roll, and a flexible connection attached to the arm and to the receptacle and running over a portion of the support.

3. The combination with a support, of an oscillatory receptacle mounted thereon, a roll contained Within the receptacle, a frame in which the roll is carried, an arm movably mounted on the receptacle and having connection with the frame, and two flexible connections attached to the arm and run oppositely from the arm, the flexible connections being also attached to the receptacle, and the flexible connections being run overa portion of the support.

ALEXANDER ERWIN HOD'GES.

Witnesses:

G. M. H'onens,

F. K. WEISER. 

